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Xbox X|SWe've documented 25 accessibility features for My Friend Pedro, including Adjust Speed, Select Difficulty, Remap Buttons, Play Without Hearing and Colour Blind Friendly. Its accessibility is strongest in Visual and Controls but it also has features in Getting Started, Reading, Navigation, Difficulty and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked My Friend Pedro accessibility 11 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
Text throughout the game tends to be fairly big, but not 1/20th the height of the screen, and also high in contrast, being primarily white in a black text box. The same applies to the minimal dialogue.
Because the game is played on a 2D plane, navigating through the levels is always fairly straightforward, and your objective is always the same: kill everyone.
There are frequent visual effects, such as a blur when you get shot, and slight depth of field, that appear on the screen. When you do get shot, a visual indicator highlights the direction the bullet came from.
Game Details
Release Date: 20/06/2019, updated in 2020
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Platform, Shooting (Action and Simulation)
Accessibility: 25 features
Components: 2D Side-On
Developer: Deadtoast Com (@Deadtoast_Com)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in My Friend Pedro which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.
Gamepad
Can play with the following:
Multiple Buttons & Two Sticks: Can play with multiple buttons and two sticks.
Mouse And Keyboard
Can play with the following:
Mouse and Keys: Can play with mouse and multiple keys.
Remap Controls
Can customise the controls for the game as follows:
Remap Buttons: Can re-map all buttons so that you can use alternatives that better suit your play.
Remap Mouse and Keyboard: Can remap mouse and keyboard key bindings, on systems that support these controls.
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If you want to play My Friend Pedro, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Halo Infinite (14 Controls Features)
- Roto Force (12 Controls Features)
- Bayonetta (10 Controls Features)
- Doom Eternal (10 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Difficulty in My Friend Pedro which deal with how you can adjust the challenge of play, and whether this is locked once chosen or can be adjusted as you play.
Difficulty Options
Select Difficulty: Select the level of difficulty from a range of presets. This not only offers a way to adjust the challenge of a game but enables you to do so without dealing with individual criteria.
Adjust After Setting
Adjustable Anytime: You can adjust the difficulty while playing, without having to restart the level you are on. This enables you to quickly adjust the game to suit your needs and see the difference immediately.
Getting Started
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in My Friend Pedro which deal with what support is offered to get started with the game. This includes customising the experience when you first open the game via any onboarding processes it provides as well as tutorials and other assistance when you first start playing.
Assistance Getting Starting
These features aid your play of the game in terms of cognitive load on learning controls, dealing with pressure and coping with the environment and challenges.
Tutorials: There are helpful tutorials and instructions on how to play. Information is provided in a timely manner, with appropriate level of detail.
Adjust Speed: Adjust the speed of the game at critical moments or throughout, or rewind play for a second attempt, to ease reaction times. By slowing the game, you have more time to interpret what is happening and then execute your actions. It also reduces the pressure on getting things right quickly or the first time you attempt them.
Assistance For Progressing
These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.
Bank Progress With Frequent Checkpoints: If you fail you can retry that level or aspect of the game without losing a lot of progress (less than 5 minutes). This is often provided via Frequent Checkpoints combined with restarting without losing time, equipment or score.
Assisted Progress With Hints: The game notices if you get stuck (or you can press a button) and provides information to help you progress. This can offer hints or tutorials popping up during play. This includes hints after you have died, where it can suggest strategies or difficulty settings to adjust or offer to skip past problematic levels.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play My Friend Pedro, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Roto Force (6 Getting Started Features)
- Doom Eternal (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in My Friend Pedro which deal with how much reading or listening comprehension is required, how well the game provides visual and audible access to the text and whether subtitles and captions are a good fit for purpose.
Reading Level
How much reading is required to play the game's main path or story and how complex the language is. The presence of voiced characters doesn't reduce this requirement, as it's recorded as a separate datapoint.
Simple Minimal Reading: Minimal reading is required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a primary/elementary student (9-year-old) could understand.
Text Visibility
High Contrast Text: Text colour contrasts to the background or can be adjusted to be. The text in menus, instructions and other information is presented in high contrast with a solid background.
Subtitles
All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game): All spoken content has subtitles, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to hear spoken dialogue or narrative to play the game.
Captions
Speaker Indicator: Textual captions indicate who is speaking (or there is only ever one person speaking). This can also be indicated visually in the game with character icons or placing text in speech bubbles next to the person speaking.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play My Friend Pedro, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Roto Force (6 Reading Features)
- Metroid Dread (6 Reading Features)
- Halo Infinite (6 Reading Features)
- Nuclear Blaze (6 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Navigation in My Friend Pedro which deal with how the game provides guidance and assistance to navigate its worlds. These are only for games that have traversal and exploration in 2D and 3D spaces.
Clarity
Large Clear Navigation: The in-game navigation and maps are clear to read. They offer large text and offer markers that are large and of high contrast. Where text or information is small, there are settings to zoom-in and increase visibility.
Clear Mission Objectives: The game provides clear, structured missions with directional guidance and advice on which can be attempted next. This also indicates (ideally on maps where they are provided) which missions can't be attempted because you do not have the appropriate items yet.
Head-Up Display
Adjust Head-Up Display: Resize and adjust the content of the head-up display. This enables it to be made more visible. It can also enable the removal of too much information that can be distracting or confusing.
Menu Navigation
Digital Menu Navigation: Menu choices with Gamepad can be made without using an analogue stick to guide a cursor to a selection. For example, using D-Pad, buttons or the Stick to change menu selection in a single action.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play My Friend Pedro, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Halo Infinite (11 Navigation Features)
- Laika: Aged Through Blood (5 Navigation Features)
- Star Wars: Republic Commando (5 Navigation Features)
- Doom Eternal (5 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Visual in My Friend Pedro which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
Visual Distractions
No Screen Shake: No screen shake effect or it is included but it can be disabled. This includes the absence of screen shake for dramatic effect as well as to indicate hits on a target.
No Busy Backgrounds: No distracting backgrounds or you can make them static or blank. This includes the absence of other movement elements in the background that might distract or confuse the action. Where foreground contrast is high, this includes games with some movement in the background that doesn't make it overly difficult to distinguish what is happening.
Colour Options
Colour Blind Friendly: Game doesn’t rely on colour or can switch to colour blind friendly mode with double coding or similar way to avoid colour dependance.
Violence
Turn Off Blood: Reduce or disable graphic content of blood and gore.
Turn Off Dismemberment: Disable graphic depiction of dismembered bodies and corpses.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play My Friend Pedro, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Visual accessibility:
- Halo Infinite (6 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in My Friend Pedro which deal with how you can adjust the audio of the game and whether audio cues compensate for aspects of the game that are hard to see.
Adjustable Audio
Balance Audio Levels: Set music and game sound effects separately. This enables you to select your preference as well as ensure critical game sounds aren't obscured by other audio.
Play Without Hearing
Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio
If you want to play My Friend Pedro, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Halo Infinite (3 Audio Features)
- Dead Cells (3 Audio Features)
- Ultrakill (3 Audio Features)
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch has some built-in features, including a lockable zoom, that can be used on all games.
PC
Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators.
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping).
Xbox One
Xbox One has a system features, the excellent co-pilot share controls mode and adaptive controller support for all games.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Ben Kendall
